The 5 WORST Pet Geckos and 5 BETTER Options You'll Love | Bet You've Never Heard Of Number 4!

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“They weren’t even defined until 2010, so 12 years ago” that hit me so hard I had to pause the video to make sure the math was correct lol

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When I was a kid before we had Google at our fingertips to find out care info I wanted a pet gecko. We went to the petstore and they suggested a Tokay gecko as a great friendly beginner gecko. They showed me the items/husbandry I would need to get to care for one, but boy were they so wrong and uneducated! They never suggested anything about uvb, heat, or humidity. So Everytime I would try to handle this Tokay gecko (Tiki), he would bite me. Even though he was still a juvenile his bite was brutal. He would latch on and not let go. I would have to pry his jaws off of me to get him to let go. Sadly I was never able to tame him although I tried because he wasn't being properly cared for. I now own a crestie and my daughter owns a Leo, and after doing so much research it saddens me to realize how he must've suffered because I was not told the correct way to care for him. I had no chance taming him because he was miserable not having the correct husbandry. My daughter and I both did significant research on both our Leo and crestie before getting them. It's so nice to be able to research care at your finger tips nowadays. Both our crestie and Leo are well cared for, thriving, and happy. I am currently saving up to buy a Leachianus gecko. They are so cool and look like baby dinosaurs 🦕

Little foot is so cute! Leos are probably one of the best if not the best pet gecko you can get! Keep up to good content! (2k from 200k!)

I live in NZ and kept native green geckos in the past, they require special diets of native hawk moths and coprosma berries very unlike those found overseas. They're very cold temperature and slow to breed and are often kept outside here. All of our geckos are endangered but breeding programs are always ongoing, every gecko in captivity here has a registration number and an in-depth yearly report on breeding, disease, escapes, deaths ect. All native gecko keepers in NZ have to study up and get approved from DOC before getting a license and their captive bred (wild caught is illegal) gecko, these geckos are extremely important to not only our environment but our culture, they are all taonga species important to indigenous Maori and are all ultimately protected by CITES, the NZ government and iwi. Which makes us as kiwis feel pretty squeamish when we see our culturally important protected species being sold as pets overseas, knowing that many of those geckos have been stolen from us and receive poor care. A large amount of our geckos get stolen from us by poachers hoping to sell them for thousands overseas, had to give mine away to a more secure location because poachers had been stealing geckos from local keepers. A large amount of the animals end up in japan, Europe and sometimes the Americas, there's a reason why many overseas keepers hold CITES records to prove theirs are legal, a lot of them on the market are stolen and poached animals. The only species foreigners can legally keep are captive bred descendants of Naultinus grayii which were exported out of New Zealand into Europe prior to 1989, if you see a NZ gecko for sale that cannot prove to be descended from this founding stock (no CITES record), or if they're any other NZ gecko species, they are 100% poached black market geckos.

I have 2 texas banded geckos, which are closely related to westerns. However, they're much smaller, at only 3-4 inches as adults. Both of mine are captive bred, and they are both the best geckos I've ever kept! They are, in my experience, even more outgoing and curious than leos, and will come up to the glass and crawl onto my hand on their own. I especially love my male, who will ignore food in favor of exploring the "jungle gym" that my hands are to him. I've never kept westerns, but I'm still kinda hurt they made it onto the list. Of course you should always choose captive bred animals, but I don't think it's fair that they're marked down just because they aren't often bred in captivity. More people should definitely be keeping banded geckos, as they have so much charm and personality for such tiny beings!

Cameroon Dwarf Geckos are easier to keep than Electric Blue Day Geckos and are starting to be bred in captivity. They are a lot more forgiving of variations in their parameters, diurnal, bold and active. They eat the same diet as the Electric Blues, micro insects and crested gecko diet, and the males are a pretty blue and green. They are also egg laying machines.

I've been watching your videos for a long time and I still can't figure it out... How does Littlefoot not walk right off your shoulder? My gecko thinks he can fly and will do anything he can to walk right off of high perches.

Would you ever consider making a video on your chahouas? There’s not that many videos on YouTube about them, and I’d love to hear what you think of them! (Maybe even a care guide…?)

It may be a lot of overlap, but I would personally love a Chahoua Gecko care video. Been reading for over a year to grab one and I just over research. But hearing your opinions on UV bulbs, tank heaters, diet, etc would be great

I have a Tokay that I got captive bred as a juvenile, he was a bit pricey and I had to have him shipped to me, but I've had him for about 7 months now and I absolutely love him. He's a lot of fun to watch climb and jump around the habitat that I've built for him, especially when he hunts and he's VERY active at night. I've been working on taming him down as well. I've got him to the point where he won't bite me or even nip at me or bark if I touch him softly with one finger on his back, but he isn't particularly comfortable with it either yet and he will often turn to face me and give me a look of discontent or sometimes he will simply waddle off in a dissatisfied manner afterwards. I've successfully coaxed him into climbing on my arm of his own free will twice, but he is nowhere near handleable yet. When I say that I've been working on taming him down though, "working" really is the key word there because it is a lot of work. He wouldn't even be out of his hiding places if I was around when I first got him and would spend the days sleeping in a very secure hiding spot that I put together for him, now he usually sleeps on the walls or on a branch, often almost completely exposed and doesn't react much to my presence unless I open the tank, that at least gets his attention. He also wouldn't hunt if I as in the room for a long time. Point is, I've found it takes a lot of time and effort to work with these guys. I'm not a very experienced reptile keeper, but I knew what I was getting into when I got him. They're low maintenance hen it comes to care, but unless you want them to be display reptiles, which they are great for because they're super fun to watch, then they aren't truly a low maintenance gecko in my opinion. In fact, if you wish to tame them, I'd say that they're incredibly high maintenance. I'd call them a niche pet. Definitely not a good pet for most, but perfect for the the right person. Taming my Tokay has been like a fun project for me.

Thank you for saying the thing about beginner stuff. My rainbow boa is the first snake I've ever had. But I've researched for 7 years and I take amazing care of him. Bright colours, sociable, easy shedding processes, he's the perfect weight for his age. I do everything for him and he's doing so well even though he isn't a good beginner snake

3 years ago I would've argued that Leopard geckos ARE boring because for the past 30 years I've only dealt with large reptiles, but after taking in one as a rescue for the first time I'm now TOTALLY in love with these little guys! They have amazing personalities!

I live in NZ and the northland geckos you see in Europe have been illegally smuggled out of the country unfortunately. You can actually get a permit to keep them here and I will most likely be getting some wellington green geckos eventually once I've filed the proper paper work and have the setup ready.

I really love the "Love this- Get this" type of video... very educational (and my son is now as we speak downloading the ants game )

My four year old loves watching your videos. He spotted this one and made me go back and find it calling it a lizard show. I enjoy your videos and have learned so much from you!

Gets a pair of Phychadelic Rock Geckos... Grace Slick & Gerry Garcia 🤣

Thanks for introducing us to so many species that we wouldn't know about otherwise. I really enjoyed this video.

I have a baby western banded gecko, honestly I can’t tell you how cool it is to watch em eat and sometimes when he sees me he waives his tail around as like a defense mechanism to scare predators or something, ive cared for them in the past and I hope they do get more captive bread